Elif Shafak
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Contributing Editor at Harper's Bazaar (UK)
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Author, Novelist, Storyteller , Reader, Human Rights , Feminist, Introvert, Citizen of Humanity 📚🌈 On Substack, not on this platform
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2 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Elif Shafak
Climate crisis is, essentially, the story of water. It is a story of troubling extremes: floods and droughts. In the words of Emily Dickinson: “Water, is taught by thirst. Land–by the Oceans passed.” That thirst is growing, as demand for fresh water will outstrip supply by 40% by the end of this decade, according to the Global Commission on the Economics of Water. Already half of the world’s population is experiencing water scarcity.
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1 month ago |
theguardian.com | Elif Shafak
A recent YouGov poll found that 40% of Britons have not read a book in the last year. “The literary era has come to an end,” Philip Roth prophesied in 2000. “The evidence is the culture, the evidence is the society, the evidence is the screen.” Roth believed that the habit of mind that literature required was bound to disappear. People would no longer have the concentration or the isolation needed to read novels. Several studies seem to support Roth’s conclusion.
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2 months ago |
ft.com | Elif Shafak
Humour is no laughing matter in Turkey, it is a mechanism for coping with stress and suppression. It carries a deep well of melancholy.
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Mar 26, 2025 |
audible.com | Susie Dumond |Elif Shafak |Gina Balibrera |Kira Jane Buxton
Few literary devices intrigue and engage quite like a unique narrative perspective. Even if an arc feels familiar, the introduction of a new lens can shift the story's impact entirely. If you're looking for stories that can help you look at the world in a new way, tune into one of these audiobooks with nonhuman narrators and protagonists. We've got stories written from the perspectives of animals, plants, robots, inanimate objects, and even former humans.
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Mar 26, 2025 |
newstatesman.com | Elif Shafak
We do not leave our motherlands behind, even when we are miles and continents away from them. We carry their voices and memories with us everywhere we go; they seep into our dreams, emerge in our novels, speak through our silences.
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